Benxi Shuidong National Park
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Benxi Shuidong was made a national park on January 10, 1994. The Benxi Water Caves are located 30 km east of Benxi
, Liaoning
province, China. The Benxi Water Caves are a forest of stalactites and stalagmite
s within a cavern system lit by colored lighting. A river 3,000 meters long, 2 meters deep and wide enough for 20-30 boats, flows through a giant 5 million-year old cavern system. Temperature inside the cave is constant throughout the year, is 12C. It is warm in winter and cold in summer, also it is open around the year.
The national park includes the water caves, a trek to a top of a mountain, woodstone kingdom, Taizi river rafting in a dinghy boat, and the geological museum which hosts many geological relics as well as rare specimens collected from the Benxi national park area.
Benxi
Benxi is a prefecture-level city located in the east of Liaoning province in Northeast China, south-southeast of Shenyang. Its population is 1,709,538 at the 2010 census whom 959,610 in the built up area It was founded as a metallurgical center in 1915...
, Liaoning
Liaoning
' is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the northeast of the country. Its one-character abbreviation is "辽" , a name taken from the Liao River that flows through the province. "Níng" means "peace"...
province, China. The Benxi Water Caves are a forest of stalactites and stalagmite
Stalagmite
A stalagmite is a type of speleothem that rises from the floor of a limestone cave due to the dripping of mineralized solutions and the deposition of calcium carbonate. This stalagmite formation occurs only under certain pH conditions within the underground cavern. The corresponding formation on...
s within a cavern system lit by colored lighting. A river 3,000 meters long, 2 meters deep and wide enough for 20-30 boats, flows through a giant 5 million-year old cavern system. Temperature inside the cave is constant throughout the year, is 12C. It is warm in winter and cold in summer, also it is open around the year.
The national park includes the water caves, a trek to a top of a mountain, woodstone kingdom, Taizi river rafting in a dinghy boat, and the geological museum which hosts many geological relics as well as rare specimens collected from the Benxi national park area.